Date:         Sat, 12 Jan 2008 09:38:31 -0600
Reply-To:     Larry Alofs <lalofs@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Larry Alofs <lalofs@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: You guys with Subies
Comments: To: Michael Elliott <camping.elliott@gmail.com>
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Go back to the wbx?  No way.  There may be other worthy types of conversions
to consider, but this was one that I could afford, by doing as much as I
could myself.
  I bought a '93 Legacy donor and test drove it for about 1k miles. I bought
the KEP adapter plate to put it in my '91 GL AT.  Also bought the shortened
oil pan from Mastercraft.  Everything else I made and installed myself:
engine support, coolant pipes, wiring harness, intake, PS connection, VSS,
etc., etc.  Still have to do the AC connection and improve the heater
plumbing.
  Only real problem has been cracking of some welds on my home made header
pipes.

Vinnie is now much more fun to drive.  Since Oct 1, we have made trips from
Chicago to Connecticut and New Orleans.

Conversion cost was about $2200 depending on how you count. (And countless
hours of labor.  Took me about 9 months, fooling with it part time.)

Larry A.


On Jan 11, 2008 7:12 PM, Michael Elliott <camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote:

> Would you ever go back? Any regrets, downsides?
>
> --
> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
> 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
> 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
> 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
> KG6RCR
>